AMC renews 'The Walking Dead' for Season 8

The dead will keep walking and talking for at least one more year.
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As Negan once said: "Eeny meeny miny more."

AMC President Charlie Collier echoed that exact wording but with a much sunnier sentiment today when the network renewed The Walking Dead for an eighth season.

“What a joy to partner with Robert Kirkman, Scott Gimple and some of the hardest-working people in television to bring The Walking Dead to the fans. And, most important, thanks to those fans for breathing life into this remarkable series right along with us," Collier said in a release.


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The Walking Dead season 7 premieres Oct. 23 on AMC, with the second half of the season due in February 2017. Season 8 will likely premiere later in the same year, with another 16 episodes of gore and Grimes. Also renewed: Chris Hardwick's The Talking Dead.

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